Flea market find unknown,,,

[Lou]

Hi Guys,
I dont usually pick up WW1 stuff,but after watching a dude drop it in the grass,I decided to perform a rescue.No damage from the drop, and the price was right.The driving band is in exceptional shape.

84mm at the base,aprox 88mm at the driving band,53mm at the smallest point of the adapter at the top,a heafty 250mm tall. I havent a clue what it is.

I had an oddball fuze on my spares shelf Id picked up awhile back that Id been meaning to ID too,I think its Russian,It screwed right into the projectile.Im pretty sure its not the propper fuze but I'll set the two together for display. The only place I could find stamping was on the bottom,the shell has what I believe to be a couple of broadarrows very lightly stamped in,but I'll let the experts decide,,,,

[ben2000]

Looks like an 18pdr shrapnel shell to me, the size and driving band match the fuze appears to be a US made No.85 (made by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation) which was used on these shells along with the No.80. nice find

[Alpini]

but at least the fuze has been manufactured in the USA for Russia. The small grooves around the fuze body to secure a protection cap and the cyrillic marking уд = удар = impact is typicall for russian fuzes.